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Steevy Maximus

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LBD Nytetrayn said:
"ME" run?
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"Modern Era". The Joe fandom's colloquial term for design structure of the 2007-2014 4" GI Joe figures. New Sculpt/NuSculpt refers to the 2002-2006 3.75" figures that were built on the old-style o-ring structure.
LBD Nytetrayn said:
Now you just need Skeletor poking his head up through it as well.
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Super7 DID make 3.75" ReAction figures of MOTU...
 
LordGigaIce

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Another babka?
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LBD Nytetrayn said:
"ME" run?
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Steevy compared her to Windblade, but I don't think that's accurate. She's kinda Drift coded in retrospect. New character introduced to a popular Hasbro brand in the late 2000s, given a ninja theme with multiple swords, pushed as the new hotness that got blowback for being suddenly presented as Very Important out of the gate. Eventually settled into just being "around" and more accepted once later writers worked out the character a bit.
 
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Haywire

Haywire

Collecter of Gobots and Godzilla
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"OH my gosh! It's not just a Party Wagon! It's a transformer!"
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"Deepest apologies, sir. I thought you were someone else."
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"Nope. Not shreddin' this one!"
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"Yes! Now I understand the power of selling Amway!"

Bonus: imagine a lush Amazonian Rainforest background...
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It took surprisingly less time to pose Mara holding the Creature than it did posing the Creature holding Mara...
 

Steevy Maximus

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A leak on eBay has revealed a new figure: the DIRE Hawk. Reusing assets from Raptor, this another entry in Crystal Ball’s D.I.R.E. menagerie. Assuredly a Walmart exclusive, like all the DIRE offerings have been.
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DIRE Hawk GI Joe Classified Series Figure Discovered on eBay - Toy Habits

A G.I. Joe Classified Series Cobra D.I.R.E. Tech Hawk figure has surfaced on eBay, offering collectors an early unofficial look.
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LBD "Nytetrayn"

LBD "Nytetrayn"

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Steevy Maximus said:
A leak on eBay has revealed a new figure: the DIRE Hawk. Reusing assets from Raptor, this another entry in Crystal Ball’s D.I.R.E. menagerie. Assuredly a Walmart exclusive, like all the DIRE offerings have been.
toyhabits.com

DIRE Hawk GI Joe Classified Series Figure Discovered on eBay - Toy Habits

A G.I. Joe Classified Series Cobra D.I.R.E. Tech Hawk figure has surfaced on eBay, offering collectors an early unofficial look.
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Calling it a "DIRE Hawk" and, as near as I can tell, not having it be some corrupted form of Clayton Abernathy just feels like a code name faux pas to me.
 
Agent X

Agent X

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Steevy Maximus said:
Who could have imagined we'd be able to buy a Cobra La Royal Guard Force Pack? Includes several accessories that skipped the single card, like the "tuner fork" and the booger blaster. "In Stock", but not available for purchase from Our Site Sponsor, Big Bad Toy Store
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At the risk of sounding like THAT GUY, I wish the Royal Guards (single and multipack) came runner with about 6 extra antenna, while isn't stated but implied to be used on original Royal Guards who've lost theirs over that last 30+ years.
 
CoffeeHorse

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LordGigaIce said:
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Steevy compared her to Windblade, but I don't think that's accurate. She's kinda Drift coded in retrospect. New character introduced to a popular Hasbro brand in the late 2000s, given a ninja theme with multiple swords, pushed as the new hotness that got blowback for being suddenly presented as Very Important out of the gate. Eventually settled into just being "around" and more accepted once later writers worked out the character a bit.
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Wait a minute. That's a hugging G11.

This is my biggest complaint with Classified. Why doesn't it get nerdy like this? There are guns beside ARs and SCARs.
 
Haywire

Haywire

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Agent X said:
Besides, wouldn't Dawn Moreno Snake Eyes be a more accurate comparison to Windblade?
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IDK, Dawn Moreno Snake Eyes is more like Hi-Q at the end of the Marvel Transformers run...
I never disliked Helix, but honestly don't remember much about the character. I kinda feel like she filled a lot of the same roles as Lady Jaye, but that's just the impression in my memory.

Unrelated, but still relevant, I've found markdowns on Super7 ReAction at a couple Walmarts locally, this includes the USA250 R+ Joes if they still have them, so if you were on the fence on any of those, now might be a good time to hunt them.
 
Agent X

Agent X

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Citizen
I meant in a similar general character with similar general traits released around the same time.

I.E. Female character with a sword/swords and heavy Japanese influence, released with a huge narrative push to also sell merchandise and has now fallen to the wayside and supplanted in their own role by a legacy character. (Now alive OG Snake Eyes and Elita-1) Though I imagine Dawn is still hanging around (stopped reading ARAH after 305) unlike Windblade.
 
CoffeeHorse

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LordGigaIce said:
I'm waiting for Classified to do the ZiP .22.
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I would pay stupid money for that. One of my life goals is to collect a ZiP and all the released accessories. But I'd settle for replicas in Classified scale. Hell, I'd commission it if I found a CAD wizard willing to do it.
 
CoffeeHorse

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With my luck I'll get one that mysteriously just works, and it'll be kinda boring and anticlimactic. But I'll be happy to have it anyway.
 
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